The Department of Radiology

Murthy R. Akula, PhD

Associate Professor

Research Focus

Synthetic Approaches towards Natural Products and Biologically Active Compounds; Drug Design and Structure Activity Relationship Studies; Asymmetric Synthesis; Synthesis of Radioactive Tracers and Diagnostic Nuclear Medicine

Education

Graduate School
M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Banaras, India
Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Current Publications

Blevins DW, Rigney GH, Fang MY, Akula MR, Osborne DR.
Novel methods for the quantification of toxic, residual phase transfer catalyst in fluorine-18 labeled radiotracers. Nuclear Medicine and Biology. 2019 Jul/Aug;74-75:41-48. Epub 2019 Jul 22.